US imports of textiles and clothing fell for the second year in succession in 2009, by 7.5% to46.6 bn sme (square metres equivalent), following a 5.2% drop in 2008—which was the first declinesince 2001. Within the 2009 total, fabric imports fell by 5.4%, imports of apparel by 6.1%, importsof made-up textiles by 8.5% and yarn imports by 18.4%. Of these four categories, apparel continuedto account for the highest share of total imports. Furthermore, at 45.7%, this share was up from45.1% a year earlier and at its highest level since 2001. The share of fabrics rose for the first timein seven years, to 15.9%. However, this was still the second lowest level on record. By contrast, theshare of made-up textiles declined for the second consecutive year but, at 33.3%, it was still the thirdhighest on record. Meanwhile, the share of yarn imports fell for the fifth consecutive year, to just5.1%.In terms of fibre type, cotton dominated US apparel imports in 2009 with a share of 59.1%. But manmadefibres dominated textile and apparel imports as a whole with a 56.2% share.The average price of US textile and clothing imports fell for the first time in three years in 2009, toa new low of US$1.74 per sme. The average prices of imports from China, Vietnam, India andMexico—the USA’s four largest suppliers, respectively—all fell, as did the average prices of importsfrom Cambodia, Pakistan and Thailand. By contrast, there were increases in the average prices ofimports from Bangladesh, Honduras and Indonesia.China strengthened its lead as the USA’s biggest supplier in 2009, having increased its share in bothvalue and volume terms. However, imports from the country declined in value terms, by 2.8%, andgrew only marginally in terms of volume, by 0.5%. Despite these developments, China’s share of theUS import market rose from 35.1% to 39.2% in value terms and from 40.9% to 44.5% in volume. Thefastest growing supplier—at least in terms of volume—was Vietnam, as imports from the countryincreased by 20.8% in terms of sme. In value terms, however, imports from Vietnam declined by 1.7%.Imports from the other leading suppliers fell in value and volume terms. Furthermore, imports fromCambodia, Honduras, Mexico and Thailand all fell at double digit rates and each lost market share.Meanwhile, the declines in imports from Bangladesh, India and Indonesia were confined to singledigits and each country gained market share.

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